DJ Mack
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As some of you know I'm setting out to clean my Horseshoe Paulsons by hand. Certainly not knocking anyone who is going the ultrasonic route. But since I'll use these for casino parties at home I want them reasonably sanitary but not spotless. I don't feel like oiling them and this the kind of project I don't mind stretching over a few months because it makes the collection that more special. Great thing to spend an hour or two on when it's cold and rainy out.
So on the off chance anyone else is dealing with their first set of Paulsons wondering how to clean them by hand here's my pictorial guide. I can do six chips at a time and each cycle takes roughly four minutes to complete so figure on about 90 chips an hour if you crank through.
Here's the basic setup:
The tray on the left will be filled about half way with warm water and a splash Seventh Generation dish soap (Target).
The middle tray is where the scrubbing goes down. It's an old cutting board and on top is a piece of Lexan with six 1 5/8"ths holes (approx 42 mm).
The tray on the right holds clean water for rinsing.
Here's the scrub brush - a basic nail brush, also from Target. I'm actually using two as you'll see below. On the one I hold I cut one of the corners down at an angle. For really stubborn cracks the short bristles are pretty aggressive. Vinyl/Latex/Dish gloves are a must for this whole affair.
Now for the project. Let's clean six $1s and primary $500s, full of nasty but not horrible:
Bath time. Approximately three minutes in the soapy water:
OK kids, out of the pool. Note how the rolling edges are filthy. Here's where the second brush held bristles up by a rubber band come into play. A few strokes across the bristles will get the edges looking sharp in no time:
I'm only doing one chip in this picture but you can do all six at once. At this time I'll grab the next six chips and throw them in the soapy water so they're ready to go when this batch is finished.
Perfect:
Now let's place them in their slots on the board. Grab the other brush and do one chip at a time. I found that reasonably vigorous scrubbing at a 45 degree angle was most effective. There's enough room in the plastic for the chip to slowly rotate when you do this so you'll get everything pretty quickly. Remember the short bristles for any stubborn cracks.
Not too shabby - here's five down with one to go:
I can usually pull the chips out with my fingers but a flat wooden coffee stirrer works even better. Flip them over and get the other side.
Into the drink for a rinse. 10 seconds at most and I stir them a bit as I collect them. I toss them over on a microfiber cloth and give each a quick pat dry and then set on a terry towel for final drying.
All done - a vast improvement and right in line with my expectations. The whites are a bit over exposed in this picture - don't worry they didn't bleach out.
Now for the hard part - contact your local EPA office to find a certified hooker juice recycling facility in your area. This here is just 18 chips:
For really stubborn stuff like pen and marker stains I'd probably use a Magic Eraser or similar, but again I'm not going for perfect. Hope this is helpful!
So on the off chance anyone else is dealing with their first set of Paulsons wondering how to clean them by hand here's my pictorial guide. I can do six chips at a time and each cycle takes roughly four minutes to complete so figure on about 90 chips an hour if you crank through.
Here's the basic setup:
The tray on the left will be filled about half way with warm water and a splash Seventh Generation dish soap (Target).
The middle tray is where the scrubbing goes down. It's an old cutting board and on top is a piece of Lexan with six 1 5/8"ths holes (approx 42 mm).
The tray on the right holds clean water for rinsing.
Here's the scrub brush - a basic nail brush, also from Target. I'm actually using two as you'll see below. On the one I hold I cut one of the corners down at an angle. For really stubborn cracks the short bristles are pretty aggressive. Vinyl/Latex/Dish gloves are a must for this whole affair.
Now for the project. Let's clean six $1s and primary $500s, full of nasty but not horrible:
Bath time. Approximately three minutes in the soapy water:
OK kids, out of the pool. Note how the rolling edges are filthy. Here's where the second brush held bristles up by a rubber band come into play. A few strokes across the bristles will get the edges looking sharp in no time:
I'm only doing one chip in this picture but you can do all six at once. At this time I'll grab the next six chips and throw them in the soapy water so they're ready to go when this batch is finished.
Perfect:
Now let's place them in their slots on the board. Grab the other brush and do one chip at a time. I found that reasonably vigorous scrubbing at a 45 degree angle was most effective. There's enough room in the plastic for the chip to slowly rotate when you do this so you'll get everything pretty quickly. Remember the short bristles for any stubborn cracks.
Not too shabby - here's five down with one to go:
I can usually pull the chips out with my fingers but a flat wooden coffee stirrer works even better. Flip them over and get the other side.
Into the drink for a rinse. 10 seconds at most and I stir them a bit as I collect them. I toss them over on a microfiber cloth and give each a quick pat dry and then set on a terry towel for final drying.
All done - a vast improvement and right in line with my expectations. The whites are a bit over exposed in this picture - don't worry they didn't bleach out.
Now for the hard part - contact your local EPA office to find a certified hooker juice recycling facility in your area. This here is just 18 chips:
For really stubborn stuff like pen and marker stains I'd probably use a Magic Eraser or similar, but again I'm not going for perfect. Hope this is helpful!
